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"Cortes Cinema presents: Gary and Velma Bergman's retirement party"

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Accession Number
2007.004
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of the Bergmans' retirement party (from the Whaletown store) held at the Gorge Hall. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sirk, George
Series Number
2
Item Number
2007.004.004
Accession Number
2007.004
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
1987
Physical Description
1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape
Custodial History
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
Scope and Content
DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of the Bergmans' retirement party (from the Whaletown store) held at the Gorge Hall. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Storage Location
CD/DVD album
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Teacher Joan Guthrie and pupils on the steps of the Whaletown school

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Scope and Content
Slide shows, L to R: Back: Joan Guthrie, Louise Reedel, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Sarah Weiler, Jan Hansen Front: Evan Hansen, Janice Maclean, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.225
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows, L to R: Back: Joan Guthrie, Louise Reedel, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Sarah Weiler, Jan Hansen Front: Evan Hansen, Janice Maclean, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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The Clinic building at Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0817
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Clinic building in Whaletown, with the Rectory to the right and a picket fence at the edge of the dirt road in front of the buildings.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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David Guthrie, Judy Noble, Charlie Jeffery and others on the Whaletown (?) wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour: 11.5 x 8 cm??
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Materials for building the new ferry dock

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of a barge loaded with gravel and a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf. Johnny Weiler is seated on the edge of the wharf.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.057
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of a barge loaded with gravel and a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf. Johnny Weiler is seated on the edge of the wharf.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Men loading lumber for building the Whaletown clinic

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph labelled "Rendezvous Patrol. A work bee of men from Whaletown, loading lumber onto a float left dry at low tide. The lumber, to be used for the Clinic Building, was loaded, and then floated off the beach at high tide and towed home."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1127
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph labelled "Rendezvous Patrol. A work bee of men from Whaletown, loading lumber onto a float left dry at low tide. The lumber, to be used for the Clinic Building, was loaded, and then floated off the beach at high tide and towed home."
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Children in Halloween costumes in the Whaletown clinic building

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Scope and Content
Slide shows (L to R): Ian Maclean, Doug McCoy, Philip Bergman, Sarah Weiler, Jeannie Mathews
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.137
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows (L to R): Ian Maclean, Doug McCoy, Philip Bergman, Sarah Weiler, Jeannie Mathews
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Group of women seated around a table in the clinic building in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
L to R: Mrs. Kendrick, Mrs. Thornton, Mary Arnold, Velma Bergman, Jessie Hammond, Joyce Williams, Mary Weiler, Muriel Whiting
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2206
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Mrs. Kendrick, Mrs. Thornton, Mary Arnold, Velma Bergman, Jessie Hammond, Joyce Williams, Mary Weiler, Muriel Whiting
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Derelict tug grassed in at Whaletown; an abandoned building behind it (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.406
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown school class of 1928-1929, standing beside the school building

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.017
Date Range
1928
Scope and Content
Photographs depict the pupils at the second Whaletown school standing beside the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. The front, side and surroundings of the school are clearly shown. Front row third from left is Marion Borden; Vernon Borden next to her fourth from left. Top row, far right: Lorna Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, and Rob Borden, Vernon’s son).
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Dow, Evelyn
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.157
Accession Number
2019.017
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1928
Physical Description
2 photographic prints : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
Custodial History
Photographs are from an album created by Evelyn Dow and were donated to CIMAS by her niece, Sharon Thomas.
Scope and Content
Photographs depict the pupils at the second Whaletown school standing beside the school. The photograph was taken by Evelyn Dow, who taught there from February 1928 to June 1929. This school was built in 1918 near the corner of Coulter Bay Road and Carrington Bay Road, and was used (with improvements) until 1950. The front, side and surroundings of the school are clearly shown. Front row third from left is Marion Borden; Vernon Borden next to her fourth from left. Top row, far right: Lorna Borden (IDs by Terrill Marlow, Marion’s daughter, and Rob Borden, Vernon’s son).
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Name Access
Dow, Evelyn
Subject Access
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
Whaletown
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Barge with heavy equipment and gravel for building the new ferry dock at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Johnny Weiler, in Halloween costume as a dressmaker's dummy, in the kitchen of the Whaletown clinic building

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.135
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1964
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Dunc Robertson interview (2)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.021
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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The Middleton house at "Braeside" (on present-day Sawmill Rd. in Whaletown)

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Frank Tooker: interview for Whaletown exhibit (2)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Recording consists of an interview with Frank Tooker, done to gather information for the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit. (see also 1999.004.033, for Part 1)
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Milton, Jill
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.034
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1999
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording consists of an interview with Frank Tooker, done to gather information for the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit. (see also 1999.004.033, for Part 1)
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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Velma Bergman's flower garden by the Whaletown store (2)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photograph of Velma Bergman's flower garden by the Whaletown store.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0230
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Velma Bergman's flower garden by the Whaletown store.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Nick and Mary Thompson's homestead, to the east of the present Whaletown wharf in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910] (date of reproduction 1972)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.047
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1910] (date of reproduction 1972)
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Jim Palmer, stringing a washtub bass, and David Giblin at the piano in the Whaletown church

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.300
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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"Paul Whale and the Whalettes" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night (2)

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_012
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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View of the site of the present-day ferry landing in Whaletown Bay, showing the Byers and MacKenzie houses

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.435
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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